{"id":356165,"date":"2022-12-07T16:37:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T16:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblondesalad.com\/?p=356165"},"modified":"2022-12-08T10:44:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T10:44:04","slug":"bantu-knots-the-most-pop-hairstyle-of-the-90s-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/uncategorized\/bantu-knots-the-most-pop-hairstyle-of-the-90s-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Bantu knots: the most pop hairstyle of the 90s is back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This <strong><a title=\"Holiday Season: the best haircuts and hairstyles for the holidays\" href=\"https:\/\/theblondesalad.com\/en\/beauty\/holiday-season-the-best-haircuts-and-hairstyles-for-the-holidays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hairstyle<\/a><\/strong>, perfect when sported with long hair, short hair, combined with braids or dreads, but above all with a more or less wavy hairstyle, is among the most popular hairstyles of the 90s and 2000s.<\/p>\n<p>We are talking about the &#8216;Bantu Knots hairstyle, at the time considered to protect the ends of the hair from external agents, today &#8211; but already for a few decades in fact &#8211; it is instead very popular all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>Hair styled in this way is thought to have originated-almost a hundred years ago-among the Zulu tribes of southern and western Africa, while it is now a popular hairstyle worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Surely many of you are familiar with Bantu Knots because, in the mid-1990s, Mel B &#8211; the well-known member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/theblondesalad.com\/en\/see\/spice-girls-best-looks-london-exhibition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Spice Girls<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211; <em>made this hairstyle mainstream as well as her very own signature.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Very similar to twisted mini chignons, hair with Bantu Knots is also easy to do, as well as very convenient for getting rid of the hair on your face.<\/p>\n<p>This hairstyle, as already mentioned, is perfect for any hair type: from natural waves to smoother textures and hyper-rich hair.<\/p>\n<p>Bantu Knots are a great way to style your hair. In fact, if you want to grow out your natural hair and are looking for a comfortable &#8211; especially protective &#8211; hairstyle, you already have the answer.<\/p>\n<p>An essential, iconic and timeless look. To finish a perfect styling all you need to do is apply a fixing product to achieve a result worthy of a professional hairstylist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>STRAIGHT FROM THE 90S THE HAIRSTYLE TREND OF <a href=\"https:\/\/theblondesalad.com\/en\/beauty\/why-are-grey-hair-one-of-the-most-popular-trends-of-the-moment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BANTU KNOTS<\/a> IS BACK: FROM MEL B TO THE FASHION SHOWS, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR TO INTERPRET THE RETURN OF THIS TREND ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' 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(Photo by Steve Granitz\/FilmMagic)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Translated with www.DeepL.com\/Translator (free version)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This hairstyle, perfect when sported with long hair, short hair, combined with braids or dreads, but above all with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":356150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[4108,4109,51,136,3562,3412,1463,546],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356166,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356165\/revisions\/356166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}